An early Fox C grade 12g.

[Brian Dudley]

I just finished up this 1911 vintage C grade Fox for a gentleman. It is a 12g. with 30" barrels. It started with the owner just wanting me to make a new Beavertail forend since the feel of one was what he preferred for shooting. However, the gun also had very little finish remaining on the buttstock, a poorly fitted Hawkins recoil pad and some pretty messed up screws. So he agreed to correct all of those things also.

Since there is not really many examples of Beavertail forends on early Fox guns, I asked the customer to provide me with a photo of a forend that suited the look he would have wanted. And I decided to echo the full cover checkering used on the original splinter onto the BTFE. A lot of checkering!

The buttstock is an absolutely awesome piece of walnut and it cleaned up very nicely. The new forend was made out of similar wood. And I also refinished the original Splinter forend to match. Since there was no alteration to any of the forend metal or screws, the splinter can be easily put back on the gun at any time if desired. I made up and fitted Two new action screws and they were engraved by Gournet. A new Orange Silvers pad finishes it all off.

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[Bill Murphy]

Brian, not an ugly gun. You can work on my next Fox.

[Craig Larter]

I have seen this gun in person. The pictures are nice but the gun looks awesome in hand. Brian has the wood finish down to as close to original as I have ever seen. The checkering is flawless on the forend. The owner will be very happy.

[Daryl Corona]

Nice job Brian. I have an early A and a BE with the same stunning wood. You did it right.:bowdown:

[Mark Garrett]

Beautiful job Brian . Just my personal taste , but I don't like the blackening of the checkering , especially on a Fox gun. Just seems to hide the beauty of a lot of wood .

[Steve Cambria]

Wowwwww. That's A Whole Lot o' Checkering Going On!! Beautiful work, Brian. Tell me, have your eyes crisscrossed back to normal yet? :shock:

PS---You must admit, ol' Ansley sure knew how to buy lumber!! :bowdown:

[Mike Koneski]

Very nice Brian!! I too want to know if your eyes recuperated yet? :shock:

[John Dallas]

Just imagine the folks 100 years ago, doing piece-rate checkering all day long with poor lighting. Sort of like the Amish women quilting without electric lights today

[davidboyles]

Brian your work gets better all the time. I too have a very early C grade 1911 with great wood 30" tubes and all original finish. Would not touch anything today but it sure knocks down high passing white wing doves in Texas.

[Robert Delk]

Very,very nice.

[edgarspencer]

Knockout piece of wood. I, too, am a little turned off by the darkened checkering. It just isn't in keeping with the original offering, but you did a terrific job on the checking. Reminds me of a a guy who used to do all the hand painted lettering on the transom of the boats at the yard I worked at when I was a kid. When he looked at you, his eyeballs were going in two different directions, yet he was the 'go-to' guy for the best lettering out there.
I've seem you shoot, Brian, so your eyeballs are still working ok.

[Mark Ouellette]

Gentlemen,

Please, if you do not like something on a gun for sale contact the seller.

http://parkerguns.org/forums/showthread.php?t=2531

"Please NO PUBLIC forum/posting comments about the item unless it is directly to buy the item, or, you have a question about the item! IF YOU HAVE A CRITICISM - POLITELY CONTACT THE SELLER IN PRIVATE!"

Thank you in advance,
Mark

[Brian Dudley]

??? Not for sale.

[edgarspencer]

Gentlemen,

Please, if you do not like something on a gun for sale contact the seller.

http://parkerguns.org/forums/showthread.php?t=2531

"Please NO PUBLIC forum/posting comments about the item unless it is directly to buy the item, or, you have a question about the item! IF YOU HAVE A CRITICISM - POLITELY CONTACT THE SELLER IN PRIVATE!"

Thank you in advance,
Mark

Mark, Your Moderator hat must have slipped down over your eyes. This thread is NOT in the For Sale section. It is the 'General Discussion, Other Fine Doubles' section. You've taken it upon yourself to remove two (or more) posts, and this is, Plain and Simple, Censorship. No One was belittling a gun for sale. Brian is a talented craftsman, and I stated that it was quality checkering. At least one other person, aside from myself, simply stated that we didn't care for artificially darkened checkering.

[Mark Ouellette]

Edgar,

Wow! You are correct. I was censoring the For Sale posts for inappropriate comments and somehow this thread got in the mix. For that I am in err and apologize.

The posts have been restored.

Mark

[Chuck Heald]

Beautiful work Brian.

[Robert Rambler]

Mark, We'll let you off the hook this time!:rotf:

But hey, it shows someone is on the ball, keeping an eye on things!

Thanks for all you do in helping to make this board the great one that it is!:bowdown::bowdown:

[Bob Hardison]

Dang! I was about to hit the Buy It Now Button.:crying: Bob